Gilbert "Gil" Brewer (November 20, 1922 – January 9, 1983) was an American novel and short story author. He was born November 20, 1922, in

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. After leaving the army at the end of

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, Brewer joined his family, who had settled in

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. There he met Verlaine in 1947 and married her soon after. Brewer started by writing serious novels, but soon turned to pulp paperbacks after a sale to Gold Medal Books in 1950, and afterwards specialized in fast-paced crime novels with a dose of soft-core sexuality. At one point, he had five books on the stands simultaneously. His best-selling book was ''13 French Street'' (1951), which sold over a million copies.David Rachels (2018)
Gil Brewer's Sexual Obsession
PunkNoirMagazine.com, accessed October 20, 2021 Unwilling to promote himself, his career took a turn for the worse after a mental breakdown, and a long decline into alcoholism. Brewer died on January 9, 1983.

Works

This list does not include most of the many stories where Brewer was published under pseudonyms such as Al Conroy, Dee Laye, Connie Everett, Eric Fitzgerald, Morgana Hill, Jack Holland, Marc Mixer, Bailey Morgan, Luke Morgann, Frank Sebastian, Alex Sexton, Anita Sultry, Viola Vixen, and more.

Novels

* ''Satan Is a Woman'' (Gold Medal – 1951) * ''So Rich, So Dead'' (Gold Medal – 1951) * ''13 French Street'' (Gold Medal – 1951) * ''Flight to Darkness'' (Gold Medal – 1952) * ''Hell's Our Destination'' (Gold Medal – 1953) * ''A Killer Is Loose'' (Gold Medal – 1954) * ''Some Must Die'' (Gold Medal – 1954) * ''77 Rue Paradis'' (Gold Medal – 1954) * ''The Squeeze'' (Ace Double – 1955) * ''And the Girl Screamed'' (Crest – 1956) * ''The Angry Dream'' (Mystery House – 1957) * ''The Brat'' (Gold Medal – 1957) * ''Little Tramp'' (Crest – 1957) * ''The Bitch'' (Avon – 1958) * ''The Red Scarf'' (Mystery House – 1958) * ''Wild'' (Crest – 1958) * ''The Vengeful Virgin'' (Crest – 1958) *''The Girl from Hateville'' (Zenith – 1958) * ''Wild to Possess'' (Monarch – 1959) * ''Sugar'' (Avon – 1959) * ''Nude on Thin Ice'' (Avon – 1960) *''Angel'' (Avon – 1960) * ''Backwoods Teaser'' (Gold Medal – 1960) * ''The Three-Way Split'' (Gold Medal – 1960) * ''Play it Hard'' (Monarch – 1960) * ''Appointment in Hell'' (Monarch – 1961) * ''A Taste for Sin'' (Berkley – 1961) * ''Memory of Passion'' (Lancer – 1963) * ''The Hungry One'' (Gold Medal – 1966) * ''The Tease'' (Banner – 1967) * ''Sin for Me'' (Banner – 1967) —and three original TV tie-in novels— * ''It Takes a Thief #1: The Devil in Davos'' (Ace – 1969) * ''It Takes a Thief #2: Mediterranean Caper'' (Ace – 1969) * ''It Takes a Thief #3: Appointment in Cairo'' (Ace – 1970)

Short story collections

* ''Redheads Die Quickly and Other Stories'' (

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– October 7, 2012)

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* * * 1922 births 1983 deaths People from Canandaigua, New York 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American male writers American male novelists American male short story writers 20th-century American short story writers Novelists from New York (state) United States Army personnel of World War II {{US-novelist-1920s-stub